Darcy wearing mommy's old sunglasses

Darcy wearing mommy's old sunglasses!

Darcy cheesin' it up in the car

Here is a picture of Darcy cheesin' it up in the car. She loves that we switched her forward facing in the car seat. 

 

She lets me put bows in her hair more often these days. I enjoy putting in two ponytails and one bow.

 

She LOVES to color.  She could color for hours if she doesn't run out of paper. She really likes when I trace her hands with a crayon.  She says, "Han...Han....Han..." if I don't trace her hand fast enough.

 

Her vocabulary is amazing. She uses small sentences ("Up, please." and "Where buddy go?") and uses the word 'the' in front of things quite often ("da book"), too. She thinks if you are not in the room with her you are asleep. If I ask where someone is that's not present, she says, "Night, Night!"

My Review of Delta Richmond 5-in-1 Convertible Crib - Black

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Delta's Richmond 5-in-1 Crib in Black provides a uniquely designed, strongly built, and always safe sleeping experience for your little loved one. The crib features a stationary non drop side design providing the ultimate in safety and also making it easy to access your little one without havin...

Delta Richmond 5-in-1 Convertible Crib - Black

Not as pretty as the picture

Darcy's mom San Diego, CA 6/1/2009

 

3 5

Pros: Easy to Assemble

Cons: Quickly Outgrown, Flimsy

Best Uses: Infants, Newborn, Preemies

Describe Yourself: First Time Parent

We had to order another crib becauser our Jardine Olympia Lifetime crib (purchased from Babies R Us in 2007) was recently recalled.

I loved our original crib, so that is what I am comparing this new crib to when I review it.

This crib seems kind of flimsy. The lowest mattress level is higher than our last crib's lowest level, so I think my 19 month old daughter will climb out of it sooner than she would have the previous crib.

Would not purchase again, but it will do.

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Darcy has had a rough four weeks. She had Pink Eye followed by Bronchitis, and she is currently recovering from Foot, Hand, Mouth disease (not as scary as it sounds). Gotta love daycare, right?

Although she has been sick quite a few times over the past four weeks, she has had a lot of fun, too. Grandma Cici (Cindy Kelton) came to visit for almost a week. She got to stay home from school for a couple of days while Cici was in town. Darcy took Grandma Cici to see her favorite band Hullabaloo.

Then Darcy got a weekend alone with Daddy while Mommy went to Texas for Aunt Dayle's funeral. Although we all missed each other, Daddy and Darcy had a great time. They went to see Hullabaloo (again!), strolled around the mall, and walked along the boardwalk at La Jolla shores.

Last weekend, Darcy and Mommy went to a book festival where they saw Hullabaloo (YES AGAIN!), a puppet show, and got lots of good info on books, website, and activities for literature and reading. Darcy had a bite of her first hot dog. She loved it. She also got a Sesame Street poster (that I haven't hung up yet) that she will absolutely love!

We celebrated Mommy's 2nd Mother's Day by spending the night at Bebe and Granddaddy's. Darcy got to play with her cousin, SkyyLee and her favorite dog, "Bubby". We are really going to have to get her a dog soon. Darcy likes doing whatever SkyyLee does. It's really cute.

Bebe is in town this week staying home with Darcy while she can't go to school because of Hand, Foot, Mouth disease.

Darcy's vocabulary is growing almost daily; it's hard to keep up with all her new words (yucky, flower, color (as in crayons), monkey, etc...).

Hope to post some pictures soon.

Link to all of April Pictures

Check out our April Albums (includes about 30 new pictures):

http://picasaweb.google.com/heather.n.ray/April?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjF64j2wbSzhAE&feat=directlink

April Pictures

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Easter and Las Vegas

Darcy had her first sleepover last week. She stayed with Jeremy's parents while Jeremy and I took a 2-night trip to Las Vegas to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary and my 30th birthday. She had a blast playing with her Bebe, Granddaddy, Aunt Brandi, and her cousin SkyyLee. I am sure they are still worn out from the week because she is always on the go. She LOVES buddy (the dog). She calls him "Bubby", and it is adorable to hear her say it.

Jeremy and I saw Penn & Teller and The Fremont Experience while we were in Vegas. We spent a few hours at the MGM poolside during the day. We didn't gamble too much during this trip which is probably a good thing for our bank accounts. We were so happy to get home to Darcy, but to our surprise, she wasn't at The Ray house when we got there! She, SkyyLee, and Granddaddy had just left the house for a trip to the park. We quickly met them at the park because we missed her so much!

Sunday we celebrated Easter with Jeremy's family with brunch and an egg hunt. It was Darcy's first egg hunt, and she seemed to find her eggs with just a little help from all of us. She found six large plastic eggs with Sesame Street characters inside. She got two Easter baskets (one from mom & dad bunny and one from Bebe & Granddaddy bunny). She really liked the Elmo basket she got because that is her favorite character.

Darcy is almost 18 months old. She is growing each and every day. She is learning new words all the time, and continues to use her signs if she can't say the word. She is doing lots of art projects at school that now adorn our refrigerator. Her most recent one was a lady bug made out of construction paper. She is looking forward to her Grandma Cici coming to visit next week.

Hope all of you are doing well and hope to see some recent pics of your family soon, too!

Below are links to our most recent photo albums:
APRIL 2009
http://picasaweb.google.com/heather.n.ray/April?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjF64j2wbSzhAE&feat=directlink
MARCH 2009
http://picasaweb.google.com/heather.n.ray/March2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCOzJkpKt59DDkAE&feat=directlink

Darcy is 17 months old

Darcy turned 17 months this weekend, and she is growing each & every day.

Saturday Darcy & mommy went to Legoland for the first time. Darcy enjoyed seeing all the different statues and monuments made out of Lego blocks. She is only tall enough to ride a few rides, so we rode the cruise boat and the airplanes. She did not want to get off the airplanes. She kept doing the 'more' sign over and over and then started crying when she realized we weren't going back on the planes. I can't wait until Darcy is 36 inches tall, so she can ride all of the rides there.

Sunday we spent the afternoon with Bebe. Darcy loves showing Bebe all of the things she can do, books she likes to read, and songs & games she knows how to play. Darcy is looking forward to spending some time with Bebe & Granddaddy next month.

Please check out our pictures for the month of March so far:

http://picasaweb.google.com/heather.n.ray/March2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCOzJkpKt59DDkAE#

Darcy & Mommy matching outfits